Alabama mom who died on Princess cruise 'knew something was going to happen'

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26. Regal Princess. Built in 2014, Regal Princess is a sister ship to Royal Princess that also measures 142,714 tons. Like Royal Princess, it is part of the line's new Royal Class of ships. Princess Cruises

As with the Piazza on the Royal Princess, the Piazza on the Regal Princess is 50% larger than similar spaces on previous Princess ships and features natural lighting from curving walls of glass facing the sea. Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

The Piazza is home to a wine bar, pizzeria and other food and drink outlets spread over three decks, including Ocean Terrace (shown here) -- a seafood bar that first debuted on Royal Princess. Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

Located at the base level of the Piazza on Deck 5 is the International Cafe, which serves up espresso drinks (for an extra charge) as well as pastries, panini sandwiches and fresh-baked cookies. Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

The Princess Theater, the Regal Princess' main theater, is notable for a design that doesn't have pillars blocking views. It's home to production shows and other nightly entertainment. Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

Located adjacent to the Crown Grill is the WheelHouse Bar, another Princess staple. It serves pub lunches daily in addition to a drink menu that include a variety of whiskey flights. Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

The Regal Princess' buffet eatery is twice as large as those on most previous Princess ships -- a nod to growing demand for casual dining on cruise ships. It's split into two areas, the Horizon Court (shown here) and the Horizon Bistro. Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

The children of the 52-year-old Alabama woman who plunged to her death last week from an upper deck of a Princess Cruises ship say she was nervous about taking the voyage.

"My mom did not want to go on this cruise ... like blank point, she did not want to go," Andrea Smith told ABC News in an exclusive interview aired Tuesday on ABC's Good Morning America. "She knew something was going to happen."

The woman's son, Timothy Tenorio, told the news outlet his mother gave him an unusually long hug before departing for the cruise.

"I was kind of curious about, like, why it was so long, and then I asked her, and she, like, said it might be the last hug you get from me," he said.

The children's mother, Almarosa Tenorio, died on Nov. 13 after falling from an upper deck of the 3,600-passenger Royal Princess onto a lifeboat several decks below. The death has been ruled unnatural by authorities in Aruba, where it is being investigated, but the cause of the death remains under investigation.

Tenorio was questioned as a witness but is not being treated as a suspect, according to the ABC News report.

The FBI last week joined local authorities in Aruba in investigating Tenorio's death, which occurred in the middle of the night.

Aruba Public Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Ann Angela on Friday told USA TODAY the U.S. agency is working with local authorities to determine if a crime was committed.

Aruba is involved in the investigation because the ship was sailing to the island at the time of the incident. Aruba police and forensics technicians boarded the vessel Nov. 13 after it arrived in Aruba, just hours after the incident occurred.

A spokesperson for Princess Cruises on Monday told USA TODAY the company had nothing new to share on the woman's death.

In a brief statement last week, Princess confirmed a 52-year-old American woman died on Royal Princess on Nov. 13 as it was en route to Aruba but did not discuss details of the incident.

"We are deeply saddened by this incident and offer our sincere condolences to the family and those affected," the statement said.

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Princess Cruises sprang from humble beginnings in 1965, when Seattle-based travel entrepreneur Stanley MacDonald decided to charter a ship for a season of cruises from Los Angeles to the Mexican Riviera. The venture would be named for the chartered liner, Canadian Pacific Rail’s Princess Patricia, which was designed to sail the Inside Passage from Vancouver. Peter Knego collection

At a mere 6,082 gross tons and with a capacity for 320 guests, the 356-by-56-foot Princess Patricia was a fraction of the size of today’s massive cruise ships. The traditional mini-liner also lacked balconies and the myriad facilities now taken for granted by the modern cruiser. Peter Knego collection

Despite its limitations, the Princess Patricia was a very popular, reliable ship. It would return under the Princess banner for a second season of Mexican Riviera cruising in 1966. Peter Knego collection

Dining was also far less varied but nonetheless elegant with Canadian Pacific Rail’s fine silver and china table settings, Old World service and the traditional ocean liner surrounds of brass, tiger maple, mahogany and sycamore woodwork. Peter Knego collection

Shown in its latter day livery, Princess Patricia would only sail for two seasons with Princess but continued on CP’s Alaska cruise run until 1981. After use as an accommodation ship for Vancouver’s EXPO ’86, the Princess Patricia was broken up at Taiwan in 1988. Peter Knego collection

With increasing demand for cruising on the West Coast, Stanley MacDonald was seeking out a larger, more modern ship to charter for his Princess Cruises venture. That opportunity came in 1967 when Sunsarda, the owners of the chic, 12,219 gross ton, 425-passenger MV Italia went bankrupt while the ship was under construction. Peter Knego collection

The Italia was chartered by its creditors to Costa Line, who sub chartered it to MacDonald. After three Mediterranean cruises, the Italia crossed from Italy to its new homeport of Los Angeles in November 1967. During the voyage, the stars of “Valley Of The Dolls” joined the ship for a special premiere screening of the now cult film. Peter Knego collection

Unlike the Princess Patricia, the Italia, which was marketed as Princess Italia, was ideal for warm weather cruising with its wide open decks, sheltered lido and full air conditioning. Peter Knego collection

The Italia was the final ship with interiors by the renowned Italian maritime architect Gustavo Pulitzer-Finale, whose work spanned over three decades of shipping. This is the main lounge, which boasted angled full-length windows, stylish Cassina furnishings and recessed fluorescent lighting. Peter Knego collection

The Italia’s dining room had a domed center section. It is shown here on a gala Italian night with red and white checkered table cloths and party trimmings in the colors of the Italian flag. Peter Knego collection

Italia’s top suites boasted tall picture windows and chic, modern appointments as well as closed circuit televisions years before the latter feature became a standard cruise ship amenity. Peter Knego collection

In 1968, the Italia donned Princess new sea witch logo on its smoke stack. From that point onwards, the sea witch would become Princess Cruises’ official mascot and grace the funnels of every one of the line’s ships. Peter Knego collection

The former Italia was given large windscreens on its upper decks and revamped interiors when it became Ocean Cruise Lines‘ Ocean Princess in 1983. Renowned for exotic cruise itineraries, the Ocean Princess was holed and partially sank in the Amazon in 1993 and was declared a total constructive loss. Peter Knego collection

The damaged Ocean Princess was nonetheless towed to Greece and repaired. It was eventually purchased by Cyprus-based Louis Cruise Lines, rebuilt with additional suites and chartered to British-based Thomson Holidays as the Sapphire. Peter Knego collection

Despite various alterations, Sapphire proudly retained its distinctive shark fin funnel, which was designed by the Italian sculptor and architect Ugo Carra. In 2009, Sapphire was laid up in Greece and eventually sold to Indian ship breakers. Under the name Aspire, it sailed off to Alang in 2012 for scrapping. Peter Knego

Princess third ship, which was marketed as the Princess Carla but actually named Carla C, was by far the line’s largest to date at 19,975 gross tons and with a capacity for 754 passengers. Peter Knego collection

The Carla C was built in 1952 as the two class transatlantic liner Flandre for the French Line. In 1967, it was sold to Costa Lines and sent to Genoa for a complete transformation into a modern cruise ship before being chartered to Princess Cruises. Peter Knego collection

The stately Carla C had two large lidos with pools and tiers of open, teak-lined sun decks. This is the ship’s Sun Deck pool, framed in an obtuse, tile-lined basin typical of Italian ships of the day. Peter Knego

Carla C’s interiors were the creation of the prolific Nino Zoncada, who designed all of the Costa Line ships in addition to those of Home Lines, Sun Lines and many others. This is the forward-situated ballroom, which featured velvet-covered Cassina chairs and a ceramic panel by Emanuele Luzzati, a celebrated Genoa-based artist. Peter Knego collection

Carla C had two dining rooms in the lower portion of the ship, each furnished with Cassina chairs and melamine panels by Roncole, Italy-based Enrico Paulucci, who was famed for his sailing ship paintings. Peter Knego collection

Carla C had two dining rooms in the lower portion of the ship, each furnished with Cassina chairs and melamine panels by Roncole, Italy-based Enrico Paulucci, who was famed for his sailing ship paintings. Peter Knego collection

Renamed Carla Costa in 1986, the ship was sold to Greek-owned Epirotiki Lines in 1992 and renamed Pallas Athena for Aegean cruising. In 1994, the Pallas Athena was destroyed by fire and eventually towed to Aliaga, Turkey, where it was scrapped. Peter Knego

Designed by a cabal of Scandinavian architects including Knud E. Hansen and Robert Tillberg the Island Princess was the second in an identical pair of sleek cruise vessels built at the Rheinstal Nordseewerke Shipyard at Emden, Germany. Peter Knego

The ship was built for Norwegian-owned Flagship Cruises to sail to Bermuda and the Caribbean from New York as the Island Venture but after only one season, it was chartered to Princess Cruises. Peter Knego collection

Inspired by Home Lines’ pioneering cruise ship Oceanic of 1965, Island Princess was one of the first ships to have a sliding glass “all weather” Magrodome atop its tiny midships wading pool. Peter Knego

The Carib Lounge was at the far aft end of Riviera Deck and featured a bronze viking panel by Norwegian sculptor Arne Vigne Gunnerud as its decorative centerpiece. A spiral staircase led up to an adjoining terrace directly above. Peter Knego

Island Princess and its twin sister, the 1971-built Pacific Princess were among the first ships to have an atrium, in this case, a double deck, Carrara marble-surfaced lobby with a helix-shaped staircase. It’s main focal point was a blown glass abstract panel of flying birds by the late Norwegian artist Franz Widerberg. Peter Knego

When Pacific Princess was not available for filming episodes of the Love Boat, the Island Princess served as its uncredited but identical stand-in. Although the Pacific remains the more famous of the two ships, the Island was every bit its equal in the hearts of past Princess passengers. Peter Knego

In 1999, the Island Princess was sold to newly formed Hyundai Cruises and renamed Hyundai Pungak for Korean-based cruising. The venture quickly folded and the ship was next sold to travel entrepreneur Gerry Herrod and renamed Platinum. Johan Van Delden, copyright Jonathan Boonzaier

After a refit, the ship was again renamed, entering service in 2003 as the Discovery for Herrod’s newly formed Discovery Cruises, which later became Voyages Of Discovery. The Discovery was employed on enrichment voyages, calling at far flung destinations such as Antarctica, the Amazon and Southeast Asia. Michael J. Masino

Discovery spent its last two years on charter to U.K.-based Cruise and Maritime Voyages. In October 2014, it undertook a final voyage from Portsmouth to Alang, India, where it was beached on December 7 for scrapping under the name Amen. Peter Knego

The first Sun Princess was a sleek, 17,000-gross ton vessel that carried 700 passengers. Slightly more downmarket than the Island and Pacific Princess, it was still a popular ship, especially in its Princess heyday. Peter Knego collection

Sun Princess was ordered by Norwegian Cruise Line as their first Seaward but sold to British-based P&O Lines while under construction and completed in 1972 as their Spirit Of London. Aside from the funnel, which was redesigned for P&O, the ship was a virtual twin of NCL’s popular Southward. Peter Knego collection

Along with the Island and Pacific, the Sun Princess basked in its share of the Hollywood limelight. The ship had a starring role in a two-part episode of the TV series Columbo and shortly afterwards, the Love Boat pilot was filmed on board. Peter Knego

As Princess Cruises began to expand and upgrade its fleet, the Sun Princess became redundant. In 1988, it was sold to Premier Cruise Lines and renamed Starship Majestic for Florida-based cruising. Peter Knego collection

The ship traded hands several more times, sailing for British-based CTC Cruises as the Southern Cross, then for Festival Cruises as the Flamenco and later as the New Flamenco (shown). Today, the former Sun Princess is operating budget cruise service from Cambodia as the Ocean Dream. Peter Knego

The first Pacific Princess was a household name for nearly a decade, thanks to its starring role in the Love Boat television series. A virtual twin of the aforementioned Island Princess, the Pacific Princess was 20,000 gross tons, had a capacity of 636 guests and was built in 1971. Peter Knego collection

When P&O Lines acquired Princess Cruises, they immediately expanded the brand with the purchase of the Sea Venture from Norwegian-owned, New York-based Flagship Cruises in 1975 and renamed it Pacific Princess. Peter Knego collection

In tandem with the Island and Sun Princess, the Pacific Princes was an immediate success in cruising from Los Angeles to Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska. The ship had an all-weather Magrodome over its midships pool area. Peter Knego

The Pacific Princess‘ lobby was crudely recreated on a studio set for the Love Boat series. The real lobby was an elegant space with a grand staircase and a double deck Carrara marble wall adorned with an abstract bronze sculpture of birds. Peter Knego

The famed Love Boat remained a fixture in the Princess Cruises fleet until 2002, when it was sold to Royal Caribbean-owned Pullmantur Cruises and renamed Pacific for cruises in the Spanish market. Peter Knego

By 1975, Princess Cruises was well on its way to becoming one of the world’s leading cruise lines with its trio of sleek, Scandinavian-designed cruise ships, the Pacific Princess, Island Princess and Sun Princess. All three vessels would have a connection to the Love Boat television series that would lead not only to exponential growth for Princess but the cruise industry at large. Peter Knego collection